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WALLA WALLA, Washington — Westley Allan Dodd got exactly what he wanted just after midnight Tuesday, becoming the first person in the United States in nearly three decades to die by hanging, and doing so not as a victim of the system but as its most willing participant. Dodd, 31, was pronounced dead at 12:09 … Read more

The clock had almost run out. Inside the sterile confines of San Quentin State Prison, a man who once ruled the streets of Los Angeles as the co-founder of the most notorious gang in American history sat waiting for midnight. Stanley “Tookie” Williams, a name that once struck fear into the hearts of an entire … Read more

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (KRON) — The star prosecutor of Scott Peterson’s infamous murder trail is urging a San Mateo County judge to deny attempts from the Innocence Project to revive his decades-old case. A jury convicted Scott Peterson in 2004 of murdering his pregnant wife, Laci, and their unborn son, Conner, before dumping their remains … Read more

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (KRON) — The star prosecutor of Scott Peterson’s infamous murder trail is urging a San Mateo County judge to deny attempts from the Innocence Project to revive his decades-old case. A jury convicted Scott Peterson in 2004 of murdering his pregnant wife, Laci, and their unborn son, Conner, before dumping their remains … Read more

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Kenneth Allen McDuff, the man once called the worst of the worst among Texas criminals, was pronounced dead at 6:26 p.m. Tuesday, executed by lethal injection for a wave of murders that spanned three decades and forced an entire state to confront the failures of its criminal justice system. The 52-year-old condemned … Read more

The state of Florida executed former Mascot police officer James Aaron Duckett on July 28, 2026, bringing a long-delayed end to a case that shattered a small community and 𝓮𝔁𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓮𝓭 the darkest 𝓪𝓫𝓾𝓼𝓮 of a badge. He was pronounced dead at 1:19 p. m. inside Florida State Prison. The 68-year-old spent 38 years on death … Read more

At 12:01 a. m. on May 10, 2002, Lynda Lyon Block became the first woman executed by the state of Alabama in 45 years — and, as history would soon confirm, the last person in the United States to die in an electric chair with absolutely no alternative method available. The 54-year-old walked into a … Read more

The last meal sat untouched on the tray for only a moment before Tommy Lynn Sells reached for the fork. Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, green beans, cornbread. Texas had abolished the ritual of a special final request years earlier, so this ordinary prison fare was all he would get. He ate every bite, his hand steady, … Read more

GREENSVILLE, Va. — The prison transport van rolled through the gates of Greensville Correctional Center just after dawn, carrying a man who had spent years trying to arrive at this exact moment. Robert Charles Gleason Jr. , 42, looked out from inside the vehicle with something rare for a man facing execution: satisfaction. He had … Read more

The man who called himself half man, half angel and terrorized a continent along its railroad lines met his end in a sterile chamber in Huntsville, Texas, at 8:05 p. m. Central Time. Angel Maturino Resendez, known to the world as the Railroad Killer, was pronounced dead after a seven-minute execution sequence that followed more … Read more